My Card/Tag challenge at the Flying Unicorn

Here's another tag with a Leaky Shed Studio Julie Nuttig chipboard doll.  These dolls are just so cute, I love putting them on tags.  This started out as a mixed media tag, as you can see on the background,  but I ended up covering most of that. LOL, that often happens to me. I This is 4" Princess and I painted her dress with Perfect Pearls gold and the ruffle is Luminarte pink cloud.

I made this tag as inspiration for a card or tag challenge that I am hosting at the Flying Unicorn this month.  I would love for you to come join my challenge, come play with us!  You do not have to use our kits or products, anything goes in our challenges, and you'll have a chance to win a great RAK that will be awarded to one randomly chosen player!

Supplies:

4" Leaky Shed Studio Julie Nuttig doll Princess

Kaisercraft Curiosity paper collection

Stampedous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Flying Unicorn Adornments metal leaves

Prima Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets

Petaloo Mixed Texture Mini Blossoms Apricot

Kaisercraft bling

Thanks for stopping by!

Leaky Shed chipboard, available at the Flying Unicorn store!

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday!  Maggi here today to share my favorite chipboard embellishment technique.  I love Leaky Shed Studio's chipboard embellishments, they just add so much to a layout!  Here I've added a couple of Leaky Shed keyholes and a key.  I love how they add just the right touch of vintage to this layout.  

Notice how the keyhole looks pitted and tarnished.  I achieved that look by first covering my chipboard with brass cream rubon.  You could just as well paint the chippy too.  Then I dabbed on a little embossing ink, (I use an embossing ink dabber from Stampendous rather than an ink pad), being careful not to cover the entire chipboard, then I sprinkled on Stampendous Aged Bronze embossing enamel.  That is my go to enamel for chippies!   I wanted to be sure and keep the detailed lines visible on the chipboard so I took a needle and drew it through the lines to clean out any embossing powder that had adhered to the grooves.  You can also take a fine paint brush and sweep off some of the powder if you have too much.  Now you are ready to heat set the powder and this is the result.

I just love the look on this key!

Supplies:

  Graphic45 Typography collection

 Graphic 45Staples letter stickers 

 Typography chippy stickers

Leaky Shed Keyhole Plain

Leaky Shed Key No. 3

 Stampendous Aged Bonze Embossing Enamel

 Alterations Sizzix Artful Words

WRMK Lucky 8 Lace Kerchief

 MetalGraphic 45 Flower Staples,  Prima Bella flowers, handmade flowers

Flying Unicorn Metal Adornment keys and bicycle

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you'll become a follower of the Leaky Shed blog, we'll have lots of ideas for you there everyday!  

Maja Vintage Autumn Basics at the Flying Unicorn!

I did this for a friend that recently visited us as a suprise.  I "stole" this photo off her FB page, it is her with her Mom and sisters.

I used the really gorgeous Autumn Basics collection from Maja.  The Flying Unicorn store currently has this in stock so hurry and get some!!

The flower on the right is handmade using McGill's Floriano punch. 

Letters are Cameo cut and then heat embossed.

Supplies:

Patterned paper: Maja Vintage Autumn Basics collection: Base - No. 1, Brown print strip - No XVIII Letters: Cut on cameo and heat embossed with Stampedous aged scarlett

Chipboard: top piece from Dusty Attic DA0365 French Window

Diecuts and punches: Martha STewart Deco fan, Spellbinders Bella Rose, McGill leaf punch

Flowers: Prima Bella flower 570958, Prima Tatiana Victorian 566364, handmade with McGill Floriano punch

Ink: Distress bundled sage, tattered rose,

Mist: Lindy's Creme Brulee Cream, Cosmopolitan pink, Gator Gumbo Olive; Glimmer Mist Walnut gold, Timberline,

Masks: Prima Crackle 564247, Prima mask 560898

Paint: Distress bundled sage

Other: Zva rhinestone swirl

Teresa Collins Memorabilia at the Flying Unicorn

Hi everyone, take a look at this great new collection from Teresa Collins, Memorabilia.  I loved this mostly black base sheet, Recorded.  I used Prima's bubbles mask and Shimmerz TextureZ in patina to add some texture and lighten up the black background.  The flag banner is printed on the paper but there are lots of tag cutouts in the collection and I've added them under both my flower clusters and layered some around my photo.

The heart swirl below is something  I cut on my Cameo and then heat embossed with Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel.  I love those dangling hearts!

The blue flowers are all Petaloo Textured blossoms except the largest, which is handmade..  I ADORE these flowers, can't tell you how many of them I've been through in the last two months!!

Tags from the collection:

Supplies:

Cardstock:       bazzill blue

Patterned paper: Teresa Collins Memorabilia collection:  base - Recorded MB1005, chevron stripe - Damash MB 1008, tags - Die Cut accessories MB 1011 

Embossing powder:  Stampendous aged gold, aged marine

Diecuts and punches:   Cameo hear swirl, Alterations tattered floral

Flowers:   PetalooTextured Mixed Blossoms teal 1256-205, Velvet Mini Blossoms 1219-004 dark blue

Ink: Prima black coal, Mixd Media Inx peridot,

Mist:  Dylusions white linen

Masks:  Prima Bubbles 960445,

Masking paste:  Shimmerz TextureZ patina

Flying Unicorn Silent Auction

Note:  if you placed a bid on my G45 Twelve Days of Christmas yesterday, you will need to resubmit as I left a letter out of my email address, soooo sorry.  Send your bids to maggiharding@gmail.com

Wouldn't you love to own this beautiful lady all dressed in paper, yes, paper!  She is amazing and created by one of our members, Donna.  Her dolls are beyond awesome; the detail in her creations is incredible!  Join in our Flying Unicorn Gives Back Silent Auction to benefit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.  Details below on how you can own this lovely lady.








This is a 12" doll whose costume is created draping scrapbook paper into a Vintage Period Gown and accessories. She is further embellished using, laces, pearls ribbons and other embellishments. She would be a beautiful addition to any girls doll collection or sitting on a table or mantle as a conversation piece.


To bid :

• Email me, Donna at myshante@yahoo.com and in the subject line please write SILENT AUCTION DOLL Bid or pm me here.

• Tell me what your highest bid would be for this awesome doll - highest bid wins!
• In your email please include all your details : Your full name and your full mailing address.
• Auction closes at midnight on November 16th 2013 at midnight est .
• I will notify the winning bidder by making a notation here on this thread and via email. Winning Bidder will make payment directly via credit card to Best Friend Animal Society via our donation page, in the amount of the bid within three (3) days .That's right - shipping is at my expense and all proceeds- 100% of it goes to Best Friends!
• If payment is not received in three (3) days then we will contact the second highest bidder.

The minimum starting bid is 25.00, so pull out your pocket book, open your heart and know that your bid will be helping an amazing charity !

If you have any questions, just ask! (ps. you can always change your bid until 11.16.2013 -12:00am )

Flying Unicorn Gives Back Silent Auction

We are having a very special auction at the Flying Unicorn.  We have some amazing items up for bid!  I want to give a shout out to Bo Bunny, Fabscraps, Shimmerz, and Authentique who have supplied fabulous products for our auction!  In addition to these Auction Items the Flying Unicorn and members of the Creative Team are also auctioning off some fabulous packages!

Here's my package, and of course its some fabulous Graphic 45 products perfect for the Christmas season coming up way to fast!

Oh it pains me to part with even a single sheet of my beloved Graphic 45 paper but it's for my favorite charity, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.  All proceeds will go to them and I am paying the shipping.  

This fabulous collection from Graphic 45 is up for auction and it includes:

12 x 12 paper pad

Chipboard collections One and Two

Hampton Art cling stamps

To bid :

• Send an email to me, Maggiharding@gmail.com with your bid and in the subject line please write G45 bid.
• Tell me what your highest bid would be for this awesome package - highest bid wins!

• In your email please include all your details : Your full name and your full mailing address.
• Auction closes at midnight on November 16th 2013 at midnight est .
• I will notify the winning bidder by making notation here  in the Flying Unicorn forum and via email. I will also give you the details on how to pay for your item(s) during that time. You will have 3 days to make payment for the items. Once payment is made I will send the package out to you. If payment is not received within 3 days, then we will contact the second highest bidder.
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The minimum starting bid is $35.00, so pull out your pocket book, open your heart and know that your bid will be helping an amazing charity !

Mother Goose at the Flying Unicorn!

The Mother Goose collection is just the cutest  from Graphic 45!  It is perfect for capturing those memories of childhood.  This is my great niece all dressed up for Easter.  I did a lot of fussy cutting on this, these images are just so cute!

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  Graphic 45 Mother Goose collection:  green floral-Story Time 4500747, black dot - Sunshine stripe4500751, green stripe- Humpty Dumpty 4500748, music pp & fussy cut images - Mother Goose 4500742, stamp strip -Playful Postage 4500750, yellow print, green check and solid green from 6 x 6 paper pad, Chipboard 1 4500762, Banners4500757 

Flowers:   Petaloo Textured Collection Teal, Petaloo Darjeeling Wild blossoms large aqua

Ink:  Mix'd Media Inx - leather, truffle, black

A special challenge from Tammy and me

You all know that I recently lost my dear poodle Chena.  Thank you for the kind messages of sympathy that you all left for me..  I cried through them all and felt so loved because of your kindnesses.  Chena was very special and she made many friends in the scrapbook world through her escapades with Escape Kitty.

Tammy also recently lost her sweet Macy who was only 9 years old and I know she has been as broken hearted as I have been.  We have joined together to honor our furbabies with a special challenge and we want your help.  You can see our challenge here at the Flying Unicorn.

All you have to do is upload a project featuring an animal - dogs, cats, birds, lizards, it doesn't matter, to our gallery and our challenge.  It can be a card, tag, altered, layout, you name it, anything goes as long as it features an animal.  For every project posted in the Flying Unicorn gallery AND in our challenge thread, Tammy and I will donate $5 to Best Friends Animal Society to a maximum of $250.  That's 50 projects, can you do it gals??  Ask your friends to post their projects too.

Always in our hearts, Chena and Macy.

YOu can help us out another way too.  The Flying Unicorn store is donating 5% of November sales to Best Friends (shop, shop, shop!!) AND donating $1 for each project loaded into our gallery during the month of November up to $1,000.  So please come share your work with us in our gallery!  We need your help to reach this goal 'cause I've already uploaded everything I've ever done!!

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love for you to leave me a comment about your furbabies!

Leaky Shed Julie Nuttig dolls at the Flying Unicorn!

I seriously love these Julie Nuttig chipboard dolls from Leaky Shed Studios and they are available at the Flying Unicorn store.!!  This one is named Classy and she is 4", just perfect for adding to your tags and cards.  

I've used Graphic 45 Typography collection to make the tag.  This collection is so perfect for card and tag making, there are so many great graphics perfect for fussy cutting!  The Flying Unicorn store carries most of Graphic 45's available collections so check it out!

Below is a small flower corner chipboard design from Leaky Shed Studio.  I have covered it with Stampendous aged black embossing enamel.

 Supplies:

Patterned paper:  G45 Typography collection:  black dot -Inscribe 4500770 , green patterned - Celebrate 4500768 , red stripe - Create 4500769, Write your story cut apart - Imagine 4500773 , small cut apart - Dream 4500771, Typography stickers 4500777, Typography chipboard 4500778

Chipboard: Leaky Shed Studio Julie Nuttig doll 1205-01 and Flower Corner small 362s - 

Embossing powder:  Stampendous aged black embossing enamel 

Diecuts and punches:  Spellbinders Bella Rose misted with Lindy's Gator Gumbo Olive

Flowers:   handmade, Prima SIIP 530815 and SIIS 530976 flower centers

Ink:  Distress Black soot

Paint - Luminarte Sand Dollar, Shimmerz coffee, Smooch green and Nautical Navy

Other:  May Arts green ribbons, Spare parts burlap ribbon

Next up is Holly on a tag done with Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas (my favorite Christmas collection this season!)  She is 4" tall (also available in 8") and she's dressed for a Christmas ball!  Her gown is paper pieced and her hair and skin are painted with watercolors.  Rather than cutting individual pieces for the folds in the green part of her gown, I used a colored pencil to shade in the fabric folds.  

The little frame behind Holly is a Spellbinder's diecut piece.  I sprinked a little aged gold embossing enamel around the edge of the frame and heat embossed it. I used some Petaloo mini red poinsettias to complete the look.

 One thing I really love is the little holly sprig at her waist, that is a separate piece of chipboard and so it stands out quite nicely, love it!

Supplies:

Leaky Shed Studio Holly Julie Nuttig doll 4"

Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas

Petaloo Mini Poinsettieas

May Arts Ribbon

Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Prima Julie Nuttig tag

Here's a shabby little tag featuring a 4" Classy Julie Nuttig doll, (also available in 8").   I used STudio 75 papers for this tag that came in the November Flying Unicorn kit.  This time I painted the chipboard with Cladia Hellmuth acrylic paints.  I added a piece of beaded white lace to accessorize her dress.  Again I used Spellbinder's diecuts to accent my doll.

After I painted her with acrylics, I painted embossing ink on her dress and embossed with clear embossing powder.  It gives her dress a nice sheen, like a soft silky fabric.  The sash is a separate piece of chipboard so it was easy to color a different color and then glue to the main body of the doll.

Supplies:

Leaky Shed Studio Classy Julie Nuttig doll 4"

Studio 75 Rosalie in the Garden paper collection

Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures

Prima wood butterfly

Claudia Hellmuth acrylic paint

Petaloo Wild Blossom soft gray

Flying Unicorn lace - dress

Hobby Lobby lace - around the tag

May Arts ribbon

Aren't these dolls just the cutest?  The 4" dolls are really perfect for embellishing a card or tag.    Stop by the Leaky Shed Studio blog to see more of these awesome Julie Nuttig dolls, we'll be featuring them there all week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sneak peek of a tag I did for Leaky Shed!

My first post for Leaky Shed Studio design team is up on their blog today!  That's kind of exciting for me.  I hope you'll pop over and take a look.  Here's a little sneak peek.  Can you guess that it is something done with Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas?  Check it out, its perfect for the holidays coming way too soon!

Nov Flying Unicorn off the page project

The November KOM has a really fun off the page project!  Its a wooden block calendar that can be made to use as a daily calendar but I chose to use it as a Christmas countdown.  I added the chipboard frame  to spice up the Christmas look!  Of course I used Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas for this.  I just can't get enough of this collection,  it is soooooo gorgeous!!

The green bow is made with vintage seam binding that my Mom gave me.  It was in a package that was priced at 19¢!  LOL, that tells you how old it is!  I used Stampendous aged green and chunky white embossing enamel to cover the raw chipboard frame.

Made with Graphic 45's 12 Days of Christmas collection, available at the Flying Unicorn store.

Leaky Shed Studio is very proud to announce their new design team and I am very happy to say that I'm part of that team!  Yippee!! I look forward to sharing my designs with you starting tomorrow on the Leaky Shed Studios blog.  Please stop by and learn a bit more about all our designers.

Here are the other fabulous designers that I am joining on the Leaky Shed Studio team!

Debbie Sherman - DT Coordinator

Kris Silvester

Juliana Michaels

Robbie Herring

Tiffany Solorio

Tracey Sabella

Leaky Shed chippies are available direct from Leaky Shed Studio or at the Flying Unicorn Store.

Creations with the Flying Unicorn Nov KOM

November is such a special month at the Flying Unicorn because it is the month the we unite to give something back and this year we've chosen one of my favorite charities, Best Friends Animal Society.  Best Friends is a wonderful no-kill animal shelter that houses around 1700 homeless animals, everything from dogs to pigs to birds to bunnies and everything in between.  Best Friends works throughout the US to promote spay/neuter programs, animal adoption and no kill shelters.  In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, Best Friends was instrumental in rescuing animals left stranded and homeless.

Don't forget the blog hop going on right now!

Hop to win it - you have till 6:00pm tonight !! start at : www.flyingunicornblog.com

Tammy and I are hosting a very special challenge this month and I do hope that you will take a minute to visit our challenge at the Flying Unicorn.  You'll find our challenge here.  As many of you know, I recently lost my dear Chena and Tammy lost her Macy and so we wanted to do something special to honor their memories. We will donate $5, up to $250 to Best Friends, for each project that is uploaded to our challenge that features an animal.  It can be a card, a tag, a layout, whatever you want.  All you have to do is upload your project here.  (If you are not already a member of Flying Unicorn, you will have to join but that is easy).  Please help us reach our goal!!!

I know some of you are familiar with the adventures of Escape Kitty and Chena.  Jen and I have had so much fun writing stories about these two.   I just want to share a little bit about Chena with you.  She was a really special girl, she was so child like and such a clown!  She was confident, not afraid of anything.  You know how many dogs are afraid of fireworks?  Not Chena, she would sit outside and watch the fireworks with us.  She was so silly; its just a little thing, but its the thing I am missing the most.  She would sit on the floor near the dinner table with us and invariably stick her head under the tablecloth and then raise her head up.  There she'd sit with her head covered by the tablecloth begging for a tidbit.  Then she'd come out from under the tablecloth with a big grin on her face.  Or I'd tell her to lay down.  Oh yeah, she would lay down but not like a normal dog.  Oh no, she'd jump up and do this big belly flop on the floor. 

Nika, our younger poodle, was heartbroken when Chena passed.  Its been almost 2 months now and Nika is just now getting her appetite back.  To help Nika get over her loneliness, we got sweet puppy Tisha.  They are the best of friends now and Nika is once again, a happy girl.

Here are a couple of layouts of sweet Tisha on a layout that I did with the November KOM.  I used Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party papers that came in the kit on this layout.  Oooh I love this paper!!

These are Prima wooden mushrooms and they are from my stash.  I first inked them with Mix'd Media Inx in leather and then embossed on one side only, with Stampendous aged spice embossing enamel.  I love the effect that this gave!

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Supplies- from the Nov KOM unless otherwise noted:

Patterned paper:  Marion Smith Mad Tea Party collection:  base - Wonderland MS100500, rose floral (stash) - Roses R REd MS100200, pink patterened - Alice MS100600, Prima Resist Toile canvas 960463

Embossing powder:  Stampendous aged spice (stash)

Flowers:    Prima Chantellle Medallion 5697231, Prima Delight 570873,

Ink:  Mix'd Media Inx leather, vintage, chiffon (stash)

Mist:  Shimmerz Bed of Roses, Fireworks Rhubarb Stalk (stash)

Other:  Prima Wood Embellishments - mushrooms 563868 (stash),  butterflies - Studio Calico Wood Veneers

For this one,  I used Prima's Delight papers, they are so yummy and perfect for a girlie poodle page!  Those cute pink poodles are diecut with a new die I just got from Cottage Cutz.

I love these cute little Melissa Frances resin frames, they are perfect for a little accent on your page.

 Supplies - from the Nov KOM unless otherwise noted.

Patterned paper:  Prima Delight collection: base - Delicious 950736, lg circle - Destinations 950699, strips - Decorative 950712, tags - Tag Me,

Diecuts and punches: Martha Stewart Deco Fans, Cottage Cutz Poodles, (stash)
Flowers:  Prima Bella 570958    
Ink:  Distress Bundled Sage (stash)
Mist:  Shimmerz Olive Branch, Bed of Roses, Mama Sings the Blues
Masks:  Prima Lace Doily #3 3960575,  Prima 569471, Prima 545581(all from my stash)
Paint:    Lindy's Magicals Coral 
Other:  Shimmerz Texturez Patina (stash), Melissa Frances resin frames,

 Next up is another layout I did with the November kit.  Not only does the kit feature Prima's Delight

collection, it also contains coordinated papers from Studio 75 and Friday the 13th.  

I love the "together" word, it is from Adornits and is lasercut wood.  I heat embossed them with my favorite embossing enamel, Stampendous Aged green and shabby green enamels.

 Supplies - from the Nov KOM unless otherwise noted.

Patterned paper:  Studio 75 Rosalie in the Garden collection: base and circle - 01, diecut 02,  rose pp - 02; Friday the 13th Magic Moments collection:  narrow rectangle - Weekend in Paris; Prima Delight collection: heart border cut - Doilie 950767,

Letters:  Adornit Wood Shapes
Embossing powder:  Stampendous aged green (stash), shabby green embossing enamel (stash)
Flowers:    Prima Chantelle Medallion 567231, Bellas 570958
Mist:  Lindy's Cape Cod Coral (stash),  Edelweiss Moss Green, (stash)
Other:  Studio 490 embossing paste gold (stash),  May Arts faux suede leaves ivory